roast 主要有两个含义:
/roʊst/
The chicken was roasted in the oven for two hours until it turned golden brown.
这只鸡在烤箱里烤了两个小时,直到变成金黄色。
At the farewell party, his colleagues took turns roasting him with embarrassing stories from the office, but he laughed along with everyone else.
在欢送会上,同事们轮流用办公室里的尴尬故事调侃他,但他也跟着大家一起笑了。
roast 源自古法语 rostir(意为"烤"),最早可追溯到法兰克语 *raustjan(意为"在烤架上烤")。这个词在13世纪进入英语,最初仅指用火烤肉的烹饪方式。到了17世纪,逐渐衍生出"嘲讽、取笑"的引申义,比喻像火烤一样"炙烤"一个人。现代英语中 comedy roast(喜剧吐槽大会)这一用法在20世纪的美国娱乐文化中流行起来。